October of 2012

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Regional Sports Meet: Sakteng girls make it to the nationals

Football

Oct 07, 2012 1 mins read 249 views
Lhamoizingkha's decade long wait for a town

Dagana

Oct 07, 2012 2 mins read 261 views
Customer Care Service Centre: In hope to respond to complaints

Customer Care Service Centre

Oct 07, 2012 2 mins read 212 views
Streamline rules for foreign workers

Letter to the editor

Oct 07, 2012 1 mins read 280 views
Drawing an underline

Editorial

Oct 07, 2012 2 mins read 236 views
Internet Service Provider: Interrupted internet access

Internet

Oct 07, 2012 1 mins read 272 views
Truck runs over girl

Accident

Oct 07, 2012 1 mins read 241 views
Kalapang, Mongar: Trapped leopardess released

Wildlife

Oct 07, 2012 1 mins read 241 views
Five Year Plans: Who plans the Plan?

Planning

Oct 07, 2012 3 mins read 255 views
1,108 books yet to be returned

Library

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 241 views
Yak Herding: A vanishing way of life

Lifestyle

Oct 05, 2012 4 mins read 340 views
World Bank approved USD 45M to reduce poverty

World Bank

Oct 05, 2012 1 mins read 241 views
Mechanised Farming: Punakha farmers adopt improved methods

Agriculture

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 240 views
Highland Dairy Products: No impact on trade despite ban

Livestock

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 264 views
Pemagatshel Potato Growers: Farmers bemoan too much rain

Potatoes

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 267 views
Three men, a youth, 3,900 tablets

Drugs

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 224 views
Lopen Link: 185 - An underutilised toll free number

Lopen Link

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 305 views
Sherpa community's interest in learning Dzongkha

Non-Formal Education (NFE)

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 255 views
Assault: Man battered unconscious

Crime

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 283 views
Samkhar, Trashigang: Not a single gewog tshogde held since election

Election

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 263 views
TCBS Classification: Most hotels fail to meet three-star criteria

Tourism

Oct 05, 2012 3 mins read 324 views
Kalapang Leopard: Trapped, tranquillised, transported to Taba

Wildlife

Oct 05, 2012 2 mins read 233 views
Resume city bus for Hongtsho

Letter to the editor

Oct 05, 2012 1 mins read 264 views
Held over a barrel

Editorial

Oct 05, 2012 1 mins read 278 views
Gelephu Domestic Airport: Will it be a white elephant?

Domestic Air Service

Oct 05, 2012 3 mins read 265 views
Foreign Exchange Reserve: Not quite panic button time?

Foreign Exchange Reserve

Oct 05, 2012 3 mins read 248 views
Thimphu league finals

Football

Oct 05, 2012 0 mins read 238 views
Reducing Emission...

Workshop

Oct 05, 2012 0 mins read 263 views
Summer Basketball Tournament: Sparks and Phojas win

Basketball

Oct 04, 2012 2 mins read 307 views
Gaeddu college to start MBA course next year

Gaeddu college

Oct 04, 2012 1 mins read 256 views
Contractor starts rectification work

Road

Oct 04, 2012 1 mins read 249 views
Tackling climate change

Letter to the editor

Oct 04, 2012 2 mins read 289 views
Dying for survival

Editorial

Oct 04, 2012 2 mins read 276 views
Import-Export Disparity: Barely in the black

Energy

Oct 04, 2012 1 mins read 270 views
Kalapang Leopard: Caught alive in makeshift trap

Wildlife

Oct 04, 2012 2 mins read 233 views
Fuel: Truckers call off strike

Fuel

Oct 04, 2012 2 mins read 235 views
A' Divison Thimphu League: Drukpol wins its first league title

Football

Oct 03, 2012 1 mins read 292 views
Summer basketball finals today

Basketball

Oct 03, 2012 1 mins read 265 views
One suspended, four warned for abusing marijuana

Crime

Oct 03, 2012 1 mins read 256 views
Daifam, S/J: No vegetable growers here .

Vegetables

Oct 03, 2012 2 mins read 279 views
Resa, Saling: Predator killed was an old female black panther

Wildlife

Oct 03, 2012 2 mins read 264 views
Lhamoizingkha: New school enlivens a community

School

Oct 03, 2012 2 mins read 287 views
Diplomatic relations

Diplomacy

Oct 03, 2012 0 mins read 0 views
Procedures followed as per directive

Letter to the editor

Oct 03, 2012 1 mins read 286 views
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Livestock Bill sparks debate over meat, faith, and animal welfare

The third reading of the Livestock Bill of Bhutan 2025 at the National Assembly yesterday ignited a heated debate over meat production and consumption vis-à-vis the country’s Buddhist ethos of protecting the welfare of all sentient beings, including animals.

Dec 02, 2025 4 mins read 2,505 views
NC seeks clarity on improved corruption score amid public distrust

National Council members questioned Bhutan’s improved score on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Ind...

Dec 02, 2025 3 mins read 1,059 views
Opposition MP quizzes government on high youth unemployment

The government is intensifying efforts to tackle youth unemployment by focusing on workforce preparation, creating more...

Dec 02, 2025 2 mins read 1,171 views
Govt. encourages private sector as harvester demand outpaces supply

The Farm Machinery Corporation Limited (FMCL) has increased combine harvesters deployment to meet growing demand for eff...

Dec 02, 2025 2 mins read 861 views
In Zhemgang, even the forest has a voice

Needless to say, Zhemgang is Bhutan’s true eco-tourism capital, a district where 93.87 percent forest cover turns the landscape into a living, breathing wilderness.

Dec 02, 2025 4 mins read 1,081 views
Lhak-Sam marks World AIDS Day in Genekha

World AIDS Day, observed yesterday, did not take place in a grand hall or under bright lights. Instead, it took place in the cool, shaded forest of Genekha, Thimphu at Lhak-Sam’s Community-Based Care and Livelihood Centre, a place many peop...

Dec 02, 2025 3 mins read 1,091 views
Denchukha road reopens after two-month closure

Dorokha, Samtse—Road connectivity has been temporarily restored in Denchukha after the gewog remained cut-off for nearly...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,042 views
NA revisits disability rights after international objections

The National Assembly’s (NA) Women, Children and Youth Committee will review and present an amendment to Bhutan’s reserv...

Dec 01, 2025 1 mins read 1,018 views
MP questions uneven implementation of Road’s Right of Way

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Dramedtse-Ngatshang, Mongar, Kinzang Wangchuk, highlighted growing public concerns ove...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,463 views
TV outage sparks outrage in Punakha

Punakha—When the Global Peace Prayer and the Kalachakra empowerment ceremonies began in Thimphu earlier this month, Norbu Wangdi of Dapchegang in Guma Gewog, Punakha hoped to watch the historic event from home. Instead, his t...

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,897 views
Amochu quarriers call for flood walls after millions in losses

Phuentsholing—Businesses involved in extracting and exporting boulders, gravel, and sand along the Amochu river are calling for a flood protection system after recent floods caused extensive damage, with losses estimated in the billions.

Oct 16, 2025 2 mins read 1,996 views
Sir, your advice to the younger generation?

Choose your environment Your environment is the invisible hand that constantly shapes the way you think, feel, and act. Your family, friends, school, city, country, social media accounts, television and news channels, habits, and heroes are all shaping you into replicas of the admired, the powerful, and the majority around you.

Nov 19, 2025 1 mins read 382 views
Disaster preparedness is our best defence

The National Council this week questioned the government on the country’s disaster preparedness. This is a pertinent issue, especially when extreme weather events are frequent and more intense. Preparedness is therefore the most effective strategy for protecting lives, livelihoods, and development gains.

Dec 05, 2025 2 mins read 273 views
Equity in education merits discourse

During a recent Question Hour session in the National Assembly, Members of Parliament (MP) called for an open debate on education quality and budget allocation. And rightly so. Education is the foundation upon which every other...

Dec 04, 2025 2 mins read 438 views
Deeper than HIV/AIDS

Far from the bustling capital, the community of Genekha observed an important global day. December 1 was World AIDS Day. They chose to mark the occasion at what they called the “fi...

Dec 03, 2025 2 mins read 805 views
Solving youth unemployment before it’s too late

Youth unemployment has become one of Bhutan’s most persistent national challenges. And it endures despite successive gov...

Dec 02, 2025 2 mins read 710 views
Addressing teacher shortage and quality

In some schools, especially in urban centres, there are more teachers than timetables demand. In others, often remote schools, the absence of teachers in key subjects has become chronic.

Dec 01, 2025 2 mins read 1,720 views
When rising corruption reports tell a deeper story

The growing number of corruption reports in the past year forces the nation to confront a hard truth: something in our s...

Nov 29, 2025 2 mins read 1,246 views
Regulatory reforms must be matched with a mindset shift

The government’s commitment to address regulatory barriers that have choked business growth deserves recognition and sup...

Nov 28, 2025 2 mins read 713 views
The classic egg and chicken situation

The price of an egg in the capital has soared to a staggering Nu 20, pushing a standard tray of 30 to Nu 520. While it feels like a crisis, there's no pandemic to blame this time and despite common belief, the cold weather is not t...

Nov 27, 2025 2 mins read 1,262 views
Internalising our deeper values

The return of the Buddha’s sacred Piprahwa relics to India yesterday was more than a ceremonial farewell. It was a lesson in how nations should conduct themselves at a time when the world seems determined to spira...

Nov 26, 2025 2 mins read 537 views
Leveraging our carbon-negative status

Bhutan’s environmental stewardship, which has resulted in the country's rich biodiversity, is finally translating into concrete economic gains. The first-of-its-kind carbon credit agreement with Singapore allows Bhutan to monetise...

Nov 25, 2025 2 mins read 746 views
Happiness with Mr Bhutan

Our global culture has conditioned us to spend the best of ourselves in the pursuit of a “decent living” whatever that m...

Sep 22, 2025 4 mins read 2,965 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

Aug 26, 2025 2 mins read 7,116 views
Ask Mr Bhutan

In a world that constantly advertises, applauds, and sells consumption, acquisition and growth at all costs, cultivating...

Aug 18, 2025 2 mins read 4,209 views
Solving the crisis before it deepens

The exodus of qualified and seasoned health professionals and its impact on the quality of services is an issue of natio...

Nov 24, 2025 2 mins read 1,130 views
The hydropower vision is crystal clear

The potential is vast, the scope is immense, and the market is as monumental as the Himalayas. As Bhutan and India explo...

Nov 22, 2025 2 mins read 682 views
The BEAST Bhutan needs

While we continue to prioritise sports development in the country, our presence in international competitions so far has...

Nov 21, 2025 2 mins read 728 views
A hard, but not a new question

We are producing what can be called our most educated generation, but are offering them some of the most limited and lea...

Nov 20, 2025 2 mins read 820 views
A gift to farmers

If the past week was one of festivals and celebrations, Bhutan's farmers received a precious gift with the launch of the...

Nov 19, 2025 2 mins read 562 views

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Disaster preparedness is our best defence

The National Council this week questioned the government on the country’s disaster preparedness. This is a pertinent issue, especially when extreme weather events are frequent and more intense. Preparedness is therefore the most effective strategy for protecting lives, livelihoods, and development gains.

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